"But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you."
Luke 12:31
This is a really astounding verse I think. Christ tells us that if we seek the kingdom of God, then other things will be added. It reminds me of the scriptures that tell us that all things will work together for good to those that love God, or Ezra Taft Benson's quote about putting the Lord first and then everything else will either fall into place or fall out of our lives (appropriately). If we could manage our priorities better and make sure God was number one, there would automatically be less to worry about, because everything else would begin to be easier.
I'm not sure it is easy to believe that, even though it is unquestionably true. We worry about our priorities and fiddle with them, trying to make things come out the way we want them to... and that is understandable of course, but also putting ourselves and our concerns first. Today, let's think about what that means to seek the kingdom of God, to put God first... and how we could tweak our lives to bring them closer to that ideal. When we have thought about that, let's then take a step towards putting it into practice. Let's have faith that God will help take care of other things as we put his gospel and kingdom first.
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